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In <1993Jan21.112136.2125@dmu.ac.uk> cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand) writes:

>In article <1jagkpINNarn@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>
>No I don't thankyou.  But I made a mistake in the original posting!
>
>It really was: 
>	SIMM Salesman: If your m/mboard can use 4Meg SIMMs it can use
>	               3-chip SIMMs
>	m/board guy:   Your m/board can't use 3-chip SIMMs
>	m/board docs:  This m/board can use 4 Meg SIMMs (no mention of
>	               3-chip or 9-chip).
>
>So there's an inconsistency here.

I see now.

>People have been talking about the BIOS making a difference to the refresh,
>but I would have thought it's the CHIPSET we should be looking at?  After
>all that's what controls the refresh, caching etc.

Of course it is... but guess who controls the chipset?  I suggest
you take a look at the 'chipset setup' section of your BIOS setup menu.
If this section contains an entry like:

        Hidden Refresh    Enabled
or      Refresh           Hidden

or something like that, you should have flipped that for 3-chip or 4Mb SIMMs.

Despite the fact that you've already solved the matter in the easiest
way, it would be nice if it were sorted out.  I mean, how can you BEAR
to run Linux in 8Mb ? ;-}

Peter Herweijer
pieterh@sci.kun.nl